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The Outlaw Noble Salt by Amy Harmon
From New York Times bestselling author Amy Harmon comes a sweepingly romantic tale of risk, redemption, and what happens when America’s most famous outlaw falls in love. When infamous outlaw Butch Cassidy decides to go straight, he discovers that too many of the powerful men he crossed won’t let bygones be bygones. To have a chance at a new life, he’ll have to become someone else entirely...Categorized as:
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When The Ties Bind by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.62 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFrom the bestselling author of the Gideon Johann Western Series, the Wild Horse Westerns Series, and the Hand Of Western Series comes When The Ties Bind, a story of loss, love, acceptance, and revenge! With the death of his pa, Wyatt Roundtree not only lost the last of his family, but he also lost their ranch at the hands of an unscrupulous banker and a vengeful rancher... -
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![Doctor Rose and the Outlaw by R. O. Lane]()
Doctor Rose and the Outlaw by R. O. Lane
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsDoctor Rose Devereaux moves to Durango, Colorado, after her father is killed by a business associate. She sets up her medical practice there. One night she's called out to help a gang of outlaws that have been shot to pieces while trying to rustle cattle. One of the outlaws is a young man that she develops feelings for, but he's in and out of her life for months on end... -
![Love and Marriage at Harpers by Rosie Clarke]()
Love and Marriage at Harpers by Rosie Clarke
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLondon 1913. The shop girls of Harpers Emporium on Oxford Street are. happy in their work and their lives are moving on at quite a pace. United by the suffragette cause and now living under one. roof, some will find love and marriage whilst others experience heartache and. tears. Harpers is the bond that holds them together, bringing. strength through hardship and pain and friendship and love. -
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![Ronan O'Higgins by R. O. Lane]()
Ronan O'Higgins by R. O. Lane
Rated: 4.48 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsRonan O'Higgins is assigned to clean up a vicious gang in Las Vegas, New Mexico. He and his fellow marshal, Clive Sutton, take on the gang and start arresting them. O'Higgins narrowly escapes death. The Irish marshal meets an Irish woman with a son, and they make a life together... -
![The Homesteader's Sweetheart: Illustrated Edition by Lacy Williams]()
The Homesteader's Sweetheart: Illustrated Edition by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 24 ratings**Special illustrated edition**. Homesteader Jonas White is a single father to a passel of orphaned boys--and the tiny girl whose birth changed his life and got him banished from the only home he'd ever known. Penny Castlerock is the daughter of a wealthy banker. Far out of Jonas's reach. And the only person in the small Wyoming town who knows his secret... -
![Old Enough To Know Better by Duane Boehm]()
Old Enough To Know Better by Duane Boehm
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsWhen the infamous retired gunman, Gabriel Wolff, took the job of city marshal in Crystal City, Kansas, he succeeded in taming the wild cattle town in short order. The trouble was that he took to the notion that taming the town would end all the evil that lurked there... -
![A Forgotten Heart by Traci Summeril, Lacy Williams]()
A Forgotten Heart by Traci Summeril, Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsRancher Nick McGraw had his dreams of teaching shattered and lost his chance for true love in one fell swoop. Years later, he’s finally moved on. The best Christmas gift he can give himself is a chance for a new start—with a mail-order bride of his own choosing. After he broke her heart, schoolmarm Elsie Atchinson hoped she would never see Nick again... -
![Heart's Perilous Journey by Lacy Williams]()
Heart's Perilous Journey by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsKeeping secrets is nearly impossible on an Oregon-bound wagon train. But Alice Spencer has kept a whopper from her protective brothers for she once fancied herself in love with her wealthy boss’s grandson. Her brothers don’t know *she’s* the reason Rob Braddock came on this westward journey. Only that he’s part of the reason they had to leave their home and friends behind... -
![A New Day Rising by Lauraine Snelling]()
A New Day Rising by Lauraine Snelling
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsThe dream of their own farmstead and a good life in America had brought Roald and Ingeborg Bjorklund across the Atlantic to pioneer the virgin prairie of Dakota Territory. But Roald's tragic disappearance in a winter storm had turned Ingeborg's dreams into a living nightmare. Against nearly impossible circumstances and overwhelming grief, she struggles to keep the farm and her family together... -
![The Salvation of Eli Ussher: A Western Frontier Saga by Sam Scott]()
The Salvation of Eli Ussher: A Western Frontier Saga by Sam Scott
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsOut on the windswept plains, a captive boy is torn from his Comanche family and returned to the world of the white man — a world he finds even more cruel and unforgiving than the wild western frontier. In 1870s Texas, with the Indians all but defeated, a lone white captive is surrendered by Comanches to the Indian agent at Fort Sill... -
![Navarro by R. O. Lane]()
Navarro by R. O. Lane
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsNavarro is a bounty hunter who stumbles upon a woman who has been kidnapped in the wilds of Colorado in 1877. He rescues her and befriends her, but she has enemies, lots of enemies. She talks Navarro into being her bodyguard, and he takes off after her enemies and the result is another exciting novel from the pen of R. O. Lane. -
![Seven Brides For Seven Texans by Gabrielle Meyer, Erica Vetsch]()
Seven Brides For Seven Texans by Gabrielle Meyer, Erica Vetsch
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSeven stubborn brothers navigate the delicate balance between duty and desire in this sweeping saga of romance, redemption, and second chances on the rugged Texas frontier. In 1874 Texas, the wealthy patriarch of the 7-Heart ranch delivers an ultimatum to his seven independent sons: marry within the year or forfeit their inheritance... -
![Freedom's Distant Frontier by Lacy Williams]()
Freedom's Distant Frontier by Lacy Williams
Lily Fairfax is drowning in grief and mourning the man she once loved when she finds herself tangled in a web of danger. She has no choice but to lean on a hired hand she barely knows for protection, though she vows she won't open her heart to love again. Matt Grayson has been traveling with the Oregon-bound wagon train on a secret mission to recover a stolen jewel... -
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![Donovan's Daughter by Lori Wick]()
Donovan's Daughter by Lori Wick
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsWhen an angry snowstorm forces Marcail Donovan to seek shelter for the night at the town doctor’s house, the pretty new schoolteacher is thrust into a scandal that threatens her career. The unfortunate but innocent circumstances bring harsh condemnation to Marcail, but the compassionate bachelor doctor offers her a way to remain the town’s teacher...Categorized as:
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![A Heart's Gift by Lena Nelson Dooley]()
A Heart's Gift by Lena Nelson Dooley
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIs a marriage of convenience the answer? Franklin Vine has worked hard to build the ranch he inherited into one of the most successful in the majestic Colorado mountains. If only he had an heir to one day inherit the legacy he's building. But he was burned once in the worst way, and he doesn't plan to open his heart to another woman... -
![Warrior of Mercia by M.J. Porter]()
Warrior of Mercia by M.J. Porter
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIcel is a lone wolf no more. .. Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warrior band, Icel. continues to forge his own destiny on the path to becoming the Warrior of Mercia. With King Ecgberht of Wessex defeated and Londonium back under Mercian control, the Wessex invasion of Mercia is over. But the Wessex king was never Mercia’s only enemy...Categorized as:
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![Wild Heart's Haven by Lacy Williams]()
Wild Heart's Haven by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.64 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRachel never wanted to travel into the wilderness. The westward trail has stolen everything from her. Her home. Her family. Her husband. Now a match made out of necessity has trapped her in a marriage with a man she can’t stand. Owen likes Rachel about as much as his horse likes a burr under its saddle. She’s bossy and stubborn with an independent streak a mile wide. And a baby on the way... -
![Between Earth and Sky by Amanda Skenandore]()
Between Earth and Sky by Amanda Skenandore
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsOn a quiet Philadelphia morning in 1906, a newspaper headline catapults Alma Mitchell back to her past. A federal agent is dead, and the murder suspect is Alma’s childhood friend, Harry Muskrat. Harry—or Asku, as Alma knew him—was the most promising student at the “savage-taming” boarding school run by her father, where Alma was the only white pupil...Categorized as:
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![Montana Reunion by Caroline Fyffe]()
Montana Reunion by Caroline Fyffe
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMONTANA REUNION - The McCutcheon Family series, Book Eleven. Arizona, May 1888. A year and a half after Chaim McCutcheon was essentially left at the altar—for reasons he's yet to discover—one steadfast aim remains firm in his mind and heart... -
![The Stable Master's Bride by Christine Sterling]()
The Stable Master's Bride by Christine Sterling
Rated: 4.47 of 5 stars · 12 ratings★★★ The second book in a brand new series from the author that brought you THE CHAPMANS and the best-selling THE BLIZZARD BRIDES series. ★★★. A woman needing a home; a man needing a mother for his children and a marriage of convenience that is nothing like they imagined. Hannah Woods has lost everything...Categorized as:
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![A Groom for Altar by Parker J. Cole]()
A Groom for Altar by Parker J. Cole
Rated: 4.55 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAltar Pennington isn't like most of the widows in Last Chance, Nebraska. After a blizzard takes her husband's life, she's neither mournful nor joyful at his death... -
![Petticoat Ranch by Mary Connealy]()
Petticoat Ranch by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFrom beloved author Mary Connealy comes a delightful Western adventure brimming with danger, laughter, and unexpected romance—a tale of a resourceful widow, a rugged cowboy, and the ready-made family that will steal his heart. Perfect for fans of Tracie Peterson and Karen Witemeyer. Sophie Edwards has survived two years in the Texas wilderness with four daughters and her wits...Categorized as:
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![Sean Donovan by Lori Wick]()
Sean Donovan by Lori Wick
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 28 ratingsLori Wick's bestselling series The Californians (more than 500,000 copies sold) has a fresh new cover design to delight avid Lori Wick fans and readers just introduced to Lori's beloved fiction. Caught in his first bank robbery, Sean Donovan is sentenced to hang. But Charlotte Cooper, who needs a blacksmith for her livery, has other ideas...Categorized as:
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![The Forever Cowboy by Jody Hedlund]()
The Forever Cowboy by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAfter running away from her wedding and hiding for months, Violet Berkley is back home in the high country of Colorado. Her father’s gambling debt has caught up to him, and he wants Violet and her sister to help him pay it off by working as dancing girls in a saloon. Rather than face such degradation, Violet seeks out the one man she hopes might be willing to help her... -
![A Steadfast Heart by Lacy Williams, Martha Hutchens]()
A Steadfast Heart by Lacy Williams, Martha Hutchens
Rated: 4.71 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsWhen his family legacy is on the line, rancher Drew McGraw becomes desperate for someone to tame and tutor his three children. Desperate enough to seek a mail-order bride. But when the wrong woman arrives on his doorstep, Drew balks. Heiress Kaitlyn Montgomery runs straight from the scandal chasing her toward a fresh start on a secluded ranch... -
![The Spinster by Tess Thompson]()
The Spinster by Tess Thompson
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHer love died on a battlefield. He carries a torch for a woman he’s never met. Can the tragic death of a soldier entwine the souls of two strangers? Colorado, 1920. Josephine Barnes wrote every day to her beloved fiancé battling in the trenches of the Great War. Devastated when he’s killed in action, she vows never to marry and buries her grief in the construction of the town’s first library...Categorized as:
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![The Widower's Mail-Order Bargain: Inspirational Western Cowboy Romance by Karla Gracey]()
The Widower's Mail-Order Bargain: Inspirational Western Cowboy Romance by Karla Gracey
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAfter Jonas lost his wife, he swore he would never marry again, but unless he does, he fears his in-laws will never let him have custody of his son, Teddy, again. The only course of action is to find a new bride… so he advertises for one, making it clear that although he can offer her a good home and a stable life, he will never be able to love her. That suits Geraldine just fine...Categorized as:
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![Earning the Mountain Man's Trust by Misty M. Beller]()
Earning the Mountain Man's Trust by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, second chances…and a hidden fortune. Naomi Wyatt has finally given up on the man who once promised to love her for the rest of his life—then disappeared after a business trip, never responding to her letters... -
![A Rugged Beauty by Lacy Williams]()
A Rugged Beauty by Lacy Williams
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHollis Tremblay has no memory of why he’s out in the wilderness alone or whether the woman with him is his wife. She’s beautiful and her rosy outlook makes everything seem brighter, even the dangers they face. .. When Hollis’s memory crashes back, he realizes that Abigail is the sister his childhood best friend charged him with looking after across the dangerous westward journey... -
![Matilda's Last Waltz by Tamara McKinley]()
Matilda's Last Waltz by Tamara McKinley
Rated: 4.24 of 5 stars · 22 ratingsIf you love Lesley Pearse, you're sure to fall for Tamara McKinley. When tragedy strikes, Jenny craves a fresh start away from the memories of her past. So when she unexpectedly inherits a sheep station in the Australian Outback called Churinga, she welcomes the escape. But Churinga turns out to be a lonely place, where the weather is extreme and the neighbours hostile... -
![Wagon Train Wife by Catherine Kennedy]()
Wagon Train Wife by Catherine Kennedy
Rated: 4.35 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsShe will do anything to ensure her sister's safety. .. even marry a man she barely knows. Eliza Fairchild arrived in America from England with her sister and parents expecting to continue her sheltered, upper-class lifestyle in the new country. However, the death of her parents and the cruelty of her guardians leaves Eliza and her sister, Hannah, in a precarious situation... -
![The Heavenly Surrender by Marcia Lynn McClure]()
The Heavenly Surrender by Marcia Lynn McClure
Genieva Bankmans had willfully agreed to the arrangement. She had given her word and she would not dishonor it. But when she saw, for the first time, the man whose advertisement she had answered…she was desperately intimidated. The handsome and commanding Brevan McLean was not what she had expected. He was not the sort of man she had reconciled herself to marrying...Categorized as:
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![Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy]()
Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsLet yourself be swept away by this fast-paced romance, featuring Grace Calhoun, an instructor of reading, writing, and arithmetic, who, in an attempt to escape the clutchs of a relentless pursuer, runs smack dab into even more trouble with the 6R's—widower Daniel Reeves, along with his five rowdy sons... -
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![Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller]()
Shotgun Bride by Linda Lael Miller
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsOne ranch. Three sons. Only one will inherit. .. and on one condition. Tired of waiting for his sons to settle down, Arizona-territory rancher Angus McKettrick announces a competition: the first son to marry and produce a grandchild will inherit Triple M ranch. Now, three distinctly different, equally determined cowboys are searching high and low for brides... -
![To Bluff a Bride by Kate Condie]()
To Bluff a Bride by Kate Condie
She’s looking for freedom. When her ex brother-in-law insists she belongs to him, Ellen Moren must escape the town that never felt like home. Determined that another marriage is the only way to convince him to leave her alone, Ellen proposes a fake marriage to the kind bachelor whose family is heading west on the Oregon trail. He’s looking for home... -
![RNWMP: Bride for Gilbert by Kirsten Osbourne]()
RNWMP: Bride for Gilbert by Kirsten Osbourne
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMadelyn White finds herself in a difficult position. She is living in a large city for the first time in her life, and her boss is showing a very inappropriate interest in her. When she meets Miss Hazel—matchmaker to the Mounties—she worries that she’s being too hasty by even talking to the woman... -
![A Wife for the Rancher by Jody Hedlund]()
A Wife for the Rancher by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the high country of Colorado, hardships are a given, but love has a way of overcoming all the losses. Millionaire heiress, Genevieve Hollis, has everything she wants except one thing, freedom, because her guardian stepmother insists on overseeing every move she makes... -
![Marshaling Her Heart by Mary Connealy]()
Marshaling Her Heart by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBecky Pruitt has always prided herself on knowing everything that's happening on her successful ranch, which makes her foreman Nate Paxton's admission to her quite a surprise. With the notorious Deadeye Gang on the loose, Nate--a former U. S. Marshal--believes that Becky's ranch might be the best spot for a group of Marshals to use as a base and hideout... -
![Sing in the Sunlight by Kathleen Denly]()
Sing in the Sunlight by Kathleen Denly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA marriage of convenience is the last thing Richard Stevens needs when his own identity is in question. Clarinda Humphrey’s singing career was destroyed when an accident left her with disfiguring scars. The aftermath forced her to leave her home and family, but she refuses to let her appearance steal her future... -
![Marrying the Mountain Man's Best Friend by Misty M. Beller]()
Marrying the Mountain Man's Best Friend by Misty M. Beller
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the wild mountains of the Montana Territory, the Coulter ranch is a place of family, loyalty…and a hidden fortune. Two Stones has lived most of his life as an outsider, shifting between two different worlds—the orderly village of his Salish family and wild mining towns... -
![The Girls of Bomber Command by Vicki Beeby]()
The Girls of Bomber Command by Vicki Beeby
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPearl has given up on her dreams of being a journalist after being denied a promotion because of her gender. Joining the WAAF as a radio telephone operator for Bomber Command, Pearl's new job at RAF Fenthorpe serves two purposes – providing an income for her grandmother, and keeping a close eye on her younger sister, Thea , an instrument repairer at another Lincolnshire bomber station...Categorized as:
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![An Agent for Alexandra by Rebecca Connolly]()
An Agent for Alexandra by Rebecca Connolly
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlexandra Drake is determined that her spoiled, Southern upbringing will have no effect on her new life as one of the few female Pinkerton agents. Tucker Waite is convinced that the wealthy heiress has no idea what she is in for and will get him killed... -
![Wrangling the Wandering Rancher: A Sweet Historical Romance by Jody Hedlund]()
Wrangling the Wandering Rancher: A Sweet Historical Romance by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the high country of Colorado, love endures all things, even the solitary way of life in the wilderness. Maisy Merritt has vowed she’ll never marry a mountain man. Even though she loves the Colorado Rockies and the wild creatures she helps, she hates the way her pa’s mountain-man ways took him away from his family and caused her ma to die of loneliness... -
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![Montana Ricochet by Linda Bridey]()
Montana Ricochet by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhen Daisy Newton comes to marry Corporal Cade Hadley, has she found the man of her dreams? Evan and company desperately search for the serial killer... -
![The Star Garden by Nancy E. Turner]()
The Star Garden by Nancy E. Turner
Based on the real-life tales of her own great grandmother, author Nancy E. Turner continues Sarah's extraordinary story as she struggles to make a home in the Arizona Territory. It is winter 1906, and nearing bankruptcy after surviving drought, storms, and the rustling of the cattle, Sarah is shocked when her son brings home a bride who was slated to become a nun...Categorized as:
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![Montana Rose by Mary Connealy]()
Montana Rose by Mary Connealy
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsFire up your love of romance with Montana Rose , where Cassie Griffin, a seemingly spoiled pregnant woman, is widowed one day and wedded the next. Marrying handyman Red Dawson seems the only alternative to Cassie’s being hitched to a brutal rancher...Categorized as:
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![A Calder at Heart by Janet Dailey]()
A Calder at Heart by Janet Dailey
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 10 ratings1919, Blue Moon, Montana. With the Great War over and the country on the brink of Prohibition, the small town is about to undergo another seismic shift. But as with any big change, there's bound to be blood. This time, the fate of Blue Moon's most powerful families hangs in the balance . .Categorized as:
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![Love at Any Cost by Julie Lessman]()
Love at Any Cost by Julie Lessman
Rated: 4.18 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsJilted by a fortune hunter, cowgirl Cassidy McClare is a spunky Texas oil heiress without a fortune who would just as soon hogtie a man as look at him. Hoping a summer visit with her wealthy cousins in San Francisco will help her forget her heartache, Cassidy travels west... -
![The Doctor's Lady (Hearts of Faith) by Jody Hedlund]()
The Doctor's Lady (Hearts of Faith) by Jody Hedlund
Rated: 4.12 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsHistorical Romance from the Author of "The Preacher's Bride. ". Priscilla White knows she'll never be a wife or mother and feels God's call to the mission field in India. Dr. Eli Ernest is back from Oregon Country only long enough to raise awareness of missions to the natives before heading out West once more...Categorized as:
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